"next to of course god america i" e.e. cummings

The whole poem, minus the last line, is the speaker vocalizing a long string of thoughts in a speech. The last line, "He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water," emphasizes my point of it being a speech, because after public speakers get finished talking they usually take a drink of water. The lack of punctuation indicates the speed and disorganization. There are many references to patriotic songs, such as "America, the Beautiful" and the "Star Spangled Banner." Then he uses cliches, such as "by jingo by gee by gosh by golly," which makes me think that either the speaker is old or he has an old audience. When I put all of these things together, I realized the speaker is a politician. This poem is satirizing political figures saying that they don't really know what they're saying, they just sort of ramble on. Line 13, speaking of the soldiers, says "shall the voice of liberty be mute?" In this line, he is trying to tell his audience to be loud and proud like he is, even though he has no idea what it's like in war, further asserting his ignorance.